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Our Celebrant is a husband to Chioma and father to Nonso, Melie, Olanna and Chetty. He is a trained medical doctor, administrator/public servant and humanist to the core. Son to the late Gen. Sam and Chief (Mrs.) Ifeoma Momah, he is proud of an enviable and illustrious lineage associated with both humility and integrity. He is a proud sibling to Emeka, Tobe, Ada and Amaka (and their respective spouses).

Nkem, began his early life in Lagos where he attended King’s College Lagos. Whilst in KC, he was amongst the top 10 students who earned scholarships based on their academic prowess in year one. Fondly called Momse or Razor in school, he was also reputed with winning the Victor Ludorum Prize as the Most Outstanding Sportsman of the year in 1989. He will then proceed to study Medicine in the University of Jos. Upon graduation from medical school, he was involved in a ghastly car crash which will truncate his career for 18 months, an incident that will prove providential in his life later. He earned his post graduate qualifications in Public Health but will eventually consolidate his career as an eHealth specialist, a path that would see him driving policy and advocacy in this new and still evolving field of medicine in Nigeria.

Nkem is a strong believer in the Nigerian dream and has demonstrated this as Founder to various not-for-profit organizations and start up’s which in many ways perhaps also speaks to the Activist in him.  As hinted earlier, Nkem’s life is one of providence. He has survived 2 near death experiences and on both occasions, his response/decision was not to wallow in self-pity but to engage with the societal dysfunction in question. He is also a strong advocate for production as against a consumption mentality and so has also helped promote various start-up’s which hopefully will grow to scale and then offer employment to Nigeria’s teeming unemployed youth. 

Nkem is a fun-loving, ebullient and determined person. He is passionate and result-oriented and so anyone with him on their team is sure to get things done on schedule. He is a strong advocate for impact or being the salt of the earth, a position implying a strong ability or capacity to offer value at all times.